Birmingham All Saints (UK Parliament constituency)
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Birmingham All Saints was a parliamentary constituency
in the city of Birmingham
, which returned one Member of Parliament
(MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post
voting system.
The constituency was created in 1955 and abolished in 1974.
, in the geographic county of Warwickshire
) was divided between Birmingham Ladywood (All Saints' and Rotton Park wards) and Birmingham Handsworth
(Soho ward).
The division was located in the west of the central part of the city, within its boundaries in 1955. To the west was Smethwick
, to the north Birmingham Handsworth
, to the east Birmingham Ladywood and to the south Birmingham Edgbaston.
In the 1974 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the All Saints division was abolished. The three wards which had comprised the division (All Saints', Rotton Park and Soho) were added to Ladywood ward to form a revised Birmingham Ladywood constituency.
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
in the city of Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, which returned one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post
First-past-the-post
First-past-the-post voting refers to an election won by the candidate with the most votes. The winning potato candidate does not necessarily receive an absolute majority of all votes cast.-Overview:...
voting system.
The constituency was created in 1955 and abolished in 1974.
Boundaries
Before 1955 the area (part of the city of BirminghamBirmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, in the geographic county of Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
) was divided between Birmingham Ladywood (All Saints' and Rotton Park wards) and Birmingham Handsworth
Birmingham Handsworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Birmingham Handsworth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Handsworth district of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
(Soho ward).
The division was located in the west of the central part of the city, within its boundaries in 1955. To the west was Smethwick
Smethwick (UK Parliament constituency)
Smethwick was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Smethwick in Staffordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system....
, to the north Birmingham Handsworth
Birmingham Handsworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Birmingham Handsworth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Handsworth district of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
, to the east Birmingham Ladywood and to the south Birmingham Edgbaston.
In the 1974 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the All Saints division was abolished. The three wards which had comprised the division (All Saints', Rotton Park and Soho) were added to Ladywood ward to form a revised Birmingham Ladywood constituency.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1955 United Kingdom general election, 1955 The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a substantially increased majority of 60 for the Conservative government under new leader and prime minister Sir Anthony Eden against Labour Party, now in their 20th year... |
Denis Howell | Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
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| 1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959 This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan... |
John Hollingworth John Hollingworth John Harold Hollingworth was a British Conservative politician.Hollingworth was born in Birmingham. In the Conservative election landslide of 1959, Hollingworth was elected Member of Parliament for Birmingham All Saints, a constituency that normally elected Labour MPs... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1964 United Kingdom general election, 1964 The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after the preceding election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had retaken power... |
Brian Walden Brian Walden Alastair Brian Walden is a British journalist and broadcaster who was a Labour Member of Parliament for a decade. He is the father of actor Ben Walden.... |
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
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Election results
Explanatory notes:-- The votes figure in the 'Turnout' box is the number of registered electors.
- No swing figure is calculated unless the same two parties are in first and second place in both the present and the last election. Swing is the average of the party % vote change between the pair of elections. A positive swing is towards Conservative and a negative swing is towards Labour.